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How could I charge for readings when giving them brought me so much pleasure? Could I really refuse someone a reading because they didn't have the $20 I felt bad about charging? Should I read some people for free even while charging others? Were free readings worth less than paid ones?
Every few months I paid a friend of mine, a professional psychic, $20-$40 for a reading. I recorded the readings either on tape or in my notebook, and I referred to those notes frequently as the events of my life unfolded. My friend made her living reading tarot, and I wanted to make my living the same way. I was afraid that I wasn't good enough, that I wouldn't find enough clients, and ohmygods, what if I couldn't read someone who paid me?...
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Thank you, Carl! I have a whole other blog post about hating v loving money brewing in me noggin'. The first draft of this post
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BOSTON — Clay Buchholz was a nervous 23-year-old rookie when he threw a no-hitter in his second major league start. He was more relaxed when he nearly did it again Sunday.
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz fist bumps with Shane Victorino after the eighth inning, when he lost his bid for a no-hitter. Buchholz struck out 11 and allowed two hits in eight innings.
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WHEN: 11:05 a.m.
"A lot more than the last time it happened," the 28-year-old right-hander said after not allowing a hit until Kelly Johnson's broken-bat single leading off the eighth inning of Boston's 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.
That's not the only difference in Buchholz from that second start for the Red Sox on Sept. 1, 2007.
"He knows himself more as a pitcher," said Red Sox Manager John Farrell, who was their pitching coach from 2007-10. "I think where that shows up is in those spots where he's got men on base, runners in scoring position. You don't see that emotional spike as evident as maybe his first year or so. That's where he's been able to execute quality pitches in those tight spots."
There weren't many of them Sunday, when Buchholz had excellent command of four pitches. He allowed two hits and four walks in eight innings and struck out a career-high 11.
Johnson singled with an 0-1 count on Buchholz's 101st pitch, sending the ball over first baseman Mike Napoli while the top part of the bat landed near the front edge of the infield between first and second. Buchholz got Sam Fuld to ground into a double play and then allowed Desmond Jennings' double off the left-field wall. Ben Zobrist flied out to left fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.
Johnson had struck out in his other two at bats.
"I was feeling I had to do something different," he said. "I put my back foot a tad closer to home plate and picked up a Sam Fuld model bat. He threw me two breaking balls, and I wasn't expecting that. Luckily I was in a good enough position on the second one."
Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia took the end of the no-hit bid hard.
"It killed me because I've seen Clay throw really well," he said, "but today was amazing."
Buchholz (3-0) lowered his ERA to 0.41 and has allowed one earned run in 22 innings. He left after 109 pitches, and Andrew Miller finished with a one-hit ninth.
"I always tell people when they ask me about the no-hitter and everything, I tell them I've been trying to do it again since that day and it hasn't happened," Buchholz said. "That shows you how far luck goes with being able to go out there and throw a game like that."
Of course, the Rays have been struggling against just about every pitcher.
Their batting average dipped from .221 to .212, and they've scored just 33 runs, the fewest in team history after 11 games. And they have only four homers, tied with Kansas City for the fewest in the AL.
"We've got to hit the ball better to get everybody's spirits up," Tampa Bay Manager Joe Maddon said. "When you're not hitting the ball well, you get that bad vibe among the group. It's hard to really keep them pushing, moving or motivated. But we'll get going. We're just not hitting the ball."
Buchholz's performance came one day after the Mets' Matt Harvey pitched 6 2/3 hitless innings at Minnesota before Justin Morneau homered off the right-field foul pole in New York's 4-2 win.
Alex Cobb (1-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, and Tampa Bay lost for the fifth time in six games.
Boston took a 4-0 lead in the third. Mike Napoli hit a two-run double to deep right-center and Stephen Drew hit into a run-scoring, bases-loaded forceout. After first baseman James Loney threw to second, shortstop Yunel Escobar threw wildly past Loney trying for a double play, and Daniel Nava scored from second on the error.
Will Middlebrooks added a sacrifice fly in the eighth against Jamey Wright.
One run would have been enough for Buchholz.
"His performance pretty much speaks for itself, a guy that had four pitches working for strikes," Farrell said. "I think he struck out guys on four different types of pitches.
NOTES: Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan is expected to miss a few days because of a sore right hamstring.
Hanrahan has struggled in his first season with Boston since being acquired from Pittsburgh. In his last three appearances, he's allowed six earned runs, five hits, four walks and three homers with two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings.
The plan is for Hanrahan to rest "the next couple of days," Farrell said. "We've got to let this settle down first before we get him back into game availability."
Buchholz has allowed two earned runs or less in 10 of 15 starts against the Rays. ... Red Sox starters have held opponents to three or fewer runs in all 11 games.
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Clay Buchholz picks up the broken bat of Tampa Bay's Kelly Johnson after Johnson looped a liner into short right field in the eighth inning for the Rays' first hit of the game.
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What do the Internet matchmaking site eHarmony and the social networking site MySpace have to do with the annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand? An awareness of those sites — and how they are all about connecting people through the Internet — was the impetus for the society's foray into the world of social networking for its September annual meeting.
"It all started with our in-house tech committee," says Danielle Conkle, meetings and exhibitors coordinator, with the Rosemont, Ill. — based association. "We had wanted to create some sort of online space for our exhibitors and then someone mentioned they'd heard of a company that provides social networking for meetings and we went from there."
What they ended up with was much more than a simple online listing space for exhibitors. Working with EventMingle, an online collaboration Web application developed specifically for conventions, meetings, and trade shows, the society was able to offer a full-service networking and planning tool. It allowed the 1,900 attendees to communicate and interact with the 113 exhibitor companies and their 807 staff members, as well as with each other, before, during, and after the show. The convention took place at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., September 7 to 9.
"We chose EventMingle because it had a lot of different features — not just for attendee-to-attendee interaction, but it also had a section set up for exhibitors, plus a daily planner, job boards, and more," says Conkle. "They have standard features, but they were also willing to completely personalize it to our needs."
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In a nutshell, the point of a social networking tool for a convention or meeting is to encourage interaction between attendees and/or exhibitors, and to a lesser degree among speakers, the press, association staff, and others connected more peripherally to an event. Features encourage participants to "meet" online before the actual event to facilitate face-to-face interactions once on site, as well as provide information and techniques to make the most of the show once there.
For the ASSH meeting, for example, Conkle says attendees liked that they could search the exhibitors' site for detailed information about companies and the products and services they were highlighting at their booths, as well as get contact information and a way to schedule appointments. "There was a really great search function so attendees could search ahead of time to decide whether or not to schedule an appointment," she says. "The section had a lot of information but didn't appear to be just a commercial section — it's very important with our group to make sure that things don't appear to be [heavily] sponsored and EventMingle did that well." Conkle says another fun feature was the "treasure hunt," in which exhibitors listed product samples that they were giving away and items they were raffling so attendees could choose the best time to visit.
The search function also allowed attendees (and exhibitors) to search for other attendees by a variety of criteria, ranging from location to specialty. To protect privacy, an internal e-mail system allowed participants to communicate with each other without disclosing personal information such as their own e-mail address. And a day planner helped participants keep track of sessions they planned to attend and automatically added meetings after they were arranged. For those who wanted to keep things more open-ended, there was a "to-do" list — attendees just clicked on someone or something they wanted to see and it was added to the list. Message boards were another way that attendees and exhibitors could connect, while exhibitors were able to post free press releases.
The cost for all that? It's free for attendees and exhibitors. (See sidebar "The Right Revenue Split," page 35.)
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Given all the potential of tools like this, how do they actually play out at a meeting? "We had some hesitations," says Conkle of the association's initial thoughts. "Would people use it or would it just be out there?"
Unsure of how its membership would respond, ASSH tested the idea on focus groups, first with established leadership within the association and then with a second group comprised of a random selection of members of different ages and from various regions. "First we did a teleconference to discuss what online social networking is," says Conkle, "and then we followed up with test runs of the site to show what it means in a business setting." She says there was a mixed response from the focus groups. "Going in, we knew it would be an experiment. Some of the focus group participants thought it was wonderful and said they'd used it, while others said they barely check their e-mail as it is so they knew they wouldn't use it."
Moving forward, Conkle would take it a step farther and do a survey before the meeting "with clear questions to determine if people are interesting in using specific features," she says. "Then I'd do a survey after the meeting to compare what people really did use and what else they might like to see."
Jim Harrer, co-founder of Laguna Beach, Calif. — based EventMingle, is a strong supporter of such an approach. "I'm constantly surprised when planners call and want to know more about our product, but they haven't even asked their attendees if they're interested in tools like this," he says. "The first thing I tell people is to survey their membership to gauge the interest. Like any tool, it only works if people use it. If everyone opts out, it's a failure — you need to have everyone's buy-in ahead of time."
One way to get that buy-in is to actively promote the tools before the meeting. "The feedback we got was positive from those who used it," says Conkle, "but there were those who didn't understand where it came from or what it was." Although ASSH included information about it in the preliminary meeting materials and followed up with e-mail blasts to registered attendees, Conkle says she would want to market it more strongly, emphasizing the purpose of using such a tool and also stressing that the program is something the society — not an outside group — is doing. Plus, she says, "I really think the key is to have someone within the society leadership be a champion for it. It would be great to express the excitement of someone high up before the meeting and maybe also have a session at the beginning to teach people how to use the tools."
EventMingle, too, has discovered that more is better when it comes to education and explanation, especially in the medical field. From his experience with ASSH, as well as with the Disease Management Association of America and the Medical Records Institute, Harrer says, "There seem to be a percentage of medical professionals who are comfortable with e-mail and technology, but there's another group that delegates all that, so we have to find ways to get information in front of all of them. Without education ahead of time, they see it as intrusive and just opt out immediately." To combat that, the company is creating a video series that attendees can run on their computer that explains the social networking tool.
In all, Conkle says, "Those who used it seemed to like it, but I think the overall impression right now is that we were a little ahead of the game." Still, she says, "Social networking is clearly not going away. It's only going to become more popular as it continues to grow among the general public and this is definitely something we'll be revisiting."
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Knowing your audience is obviously essential when deciding whether or not a social networking tool is appropriate for any given group. But you might be surprised at just how much your audience already knows. "I think a younger group would be more comfortable with these kinds of tools, since they've grown up with this kind of technology," speculates Danielle Conkle, meetings and exhibitors coordinator, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Rosemont, Ill. "They know about online message boards and how to send and receive online invitations. This is all familiar to them."
Still, there's good reason to think the older folks might be catching on to the possibilities. Two sets of data released this fall showed that about half of MySpace visitors are 35 and older, a surprise to those who thought the online social network was just a teen hangout. Nielsen//NetRatings revealed 46 percent of MySpace U.S. visitors were 35 and older in September; comScore Media Metrix showed 51.6 percent of U.S. visitors were 35 or older in August. While there's some question as to what these grown-ups are doing there (Are they just checking up on the kids? Seeing what all the fuss is about?), there's no doubt that the technology is increasingly entering the mainstream.
With the majority of ASSH's members falling into the 40- to 60-year-old age range, Conkle became acutely aware of the generation gap between the attendees who wanted to use such technology and those who didn't really understand what it could do for them. In addition to the technology gap, she notes that younger doctors are more likely to be at a point in their careers where they're interested in making connections and networking, as opposed to those who are older and already more established.
In or Out?
For the American Society for Surgery of the Hand convention, physicians who registered for the meeting received the initial invite to participate in social networking via e-mail from EventMingle and had that chance to opt out. But there were actually two separate opt-out options, which confused attendees: one to opt out of the program entirely, so their profiles would never show up, and the other to just opt out of receiving e-mails, both the tutorial e-mails from EventMingle and notification e-mails that an attendee or exhibitor had sent them an invitation.
To address that, Jim Harrer, co-founder of Laguna Beach, Calif. — based EventMingle, says his company has changed the "unsubscribe" button to immediately take participants to one control screen where all the options are presented together, including the ability to set the frequency of e-mails.
Anyone who didn't opt out was automatically included in the profiles that became part of the program, with the information coming directly from the registration process. Harrer says that's the most common way to gather the information and encourages planners who want to use social networking tools to start the process early enough to include relevant questions on the registration forms. "If it's early enough in the cycle, we like to sit down with planners to determine what kinds of information will be most relevant for their group," he says. Harrer notes that the typical life cycle of the site is about four months, with the site going live about two months before an event and remaining active for about two months afterwards.
"Our job is to get people to meet and mingle before, during, and after the event," he says, "but we could just as easily create a year-round social networking community with the event being the main focus."
The Right Revenue Split
For convention attendees, virtually all the features of the social networking program, EventMingle, are free with the exception of posting a résumé or job opening on the job board. Exhibitors, too, only pay for a handful of features: In addition to advertising on the site, extras that exhibitors can pay for include sending an e-mail blast to a particular demographic or sending individual e-mails to participants. In both cases, the e-mail goes to an internal e-mail address, allowing attendees the option of disclosing their own e-mail address only if and when they want to.
So who does pay? "Our relationship is with the show producer," says Jim Harrer, co-founder of Laguna Beach, Calif. — based EventMingle. "We charge a setup fee to create a customized site that ranges from $5,000 to $15,000 — based on the number of attendees and exhibitors — and that's the total out-of-pocket expense for the association. There are no surprises that come up later."
To offset the cost, the association can then turn around and charge exhibitors for advertising opportunities on the homepage and banner ads throughout. "The association can choose what they want to charge," he says. "They can set it up to get just that initial fee back or look to make a profit."
Beyond that, when an exhibitor or attendee purchases a premium service, the revenue is split between EventMingle and the show producer. "It's an adjustable amount," says Harrer. We sit down with the meeting planner to figure out what a reasonable fee is for each component."
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This seminar will address issues of politics and representation. We will look at the political process within the traditional domain of governance and popular participation, using as our primary (but not sole) focus the fall election campaign. We will also examine the way processes of representation (in their duality, which will be addressed here later) constitute a highly charged, political practice. Representation is understood and addressed in this course both in terms of the presence of particular social groups in the arena of politics and political debate and in terms of the symbolic portrayal of different groups and issues in terms of discursive and visual modes of articulation. Given the intersections between the two terms/dimensions under consideration, students will be expected to stretch their analytical faculties to tie them together in ways that are not necessarily always available to us in conventional texts and/or analyses and/or transparent. We will begin by focusing on the 2012 elections as a means to arrive at a better understanding of the ways in which public discourse is constructed, focusing particularly on the mass media's contribution to this process. Through this analysis, we will address methodological and theoretical issues relevant to the themes addressed in this course. Bear in mind that the analysis of the elections is undertaken here for expository purposes and not as the conclusive word on all US elections and their history. In this light, and given the often commented on similarity between sports and electoral coverage, we will also look at sports and, particularly, representations of the body—social, political, and sexual. This will allow us to shift away from "the political" in the formal, conventional understanding of the term toward a closer look at the ways in which politics is constructed and experienced in/through our everyday lives and through our social relations. This turn in emphasis will allow us to build on the analytical tools and insights gained earlier in the course and allow us to examine at greater length issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and international affairs in a diversity of arenas, including (but not limited to) the mass media. Our focus here will be on the multiple languages that lie at the heart of cultural constructions and aesthetic productions and their relationship to dominant and subversive, as well as oppositional, forms of representation.


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Annapolis, Md. (June 23, 2010) –Comptroller Peter Franchot concluded his statewide economic listening tour Tuesday in Carroll County after making stops in all 23 counties and Baltimore City to hear directly from business leaders, government officials and private citizens about current economic conditions.
"Through this tour, I was able to hear from Marylanders from every sector," said Comptroller Franchot. "The feedback across the board was both pragmatic and practical, which confirms my belief that governments at all levels should reach out and be as inclusive as possible. There is a lot we can learn from our citizens and from our diverse and dynamic private sector as we continue to climb our way out of this historic economic recession."
Since early May, Comptroller Franchot has met with representatives from vital Maryland industries including agriculture, labor, life sciences, information technology, health care, mining, wineries, real estate, banking, military contracting and hospitality. Additionally, he heard from senior citizens, students, clergy, small business owners and municipal government leaders.
While listening was the main focus, Franchot had a brief message that was consistent at each stop: develop a stronger partnership between government and business communities, end partisanship contention, reform state spending, avoid the introduction of new taxes, and emphasis on financial literacy.
Since taking office in 2007, Franchot has fostered a stronger working relationship between the Comptroller's Office and the business community. Along with creating the Comptroller's Business Advisory Council to meet quarterly, he also established the first Economic Advisory Panel, consisting of business leaders across the state, to advise the Board of Revenue Estimates on economic conditions. The listening tour was another step toward embracing all Marylanders in the state's economic recovery.


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TALLAHASSEE -- Billy Napier's days in the Panhandle were short-lived. They were so brief that that after less than a month on the job as one of Florida State's newest assistant coaches, he has decided to call it quits.
Soon, Napier will be calling Tuscaloosa, Ala. home. For how long? That's the question with a still-to-be-determined answer.
BamaOnline, the 247Sports.com affiliate covering Alabama recruiting and athletics, and Warchant.com, a Rivals.com affiliate covering the same from the FSU perspective, first reported late Thursday afternoon that Napier was leaving the Seminoles to serve as Alabama's new receivers coach.
The Orlando Sentinel was able to confirm the departure through someone close to Napier.
The news comes just 22 days after Napier had signed his contract with FSU to become the Seminoles' newest tight ends coach. Napier will be replacing Mike Groh, who is leaving Alabama to reportedly serve as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bears.
Once a former assistant at Clemson, Napier came to FSU from Colorado State. He was filling a vacancy left by former quarterbacks coach Dameyune Craig. Several days before Napier arrived in Tallahassee, Craig had left for Auburn, forcing tight ends coach James Coley to be named the new quarterbacks coach.
Coley eventually left for a job as Miami's offensive coordinator.
Napier, who had play-calling experience, was deemed a possible candidate this coming season or in future seasons to take over play-calling from head coach Jimbo Fisher. Many believe the fact that Fisher was hesitant to relinquish those duties during the five seasons that Coley served as the "in name-only" offensive coordinator, had a hand in Coley deciding to move on to South Florida.
Napier was scheduled to make $275,000 from FSU for the next two years. Although the contract was signed Jan. 31, it went into effect Jan. 11 and was slated to last through Jan. 10, 2015. Per the conditions of Napier's contract, which was obtained by the Orlando Sentinel through a public records request Thursday, he will be found in breach.
Since he left for another athletic-related job, he now owes FSU $75,000. Had he left after Jan. 10, 2014, he would have owed $50,000.
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As well known, China in pre-modern times had been a strong state sufficient to claim its geopolitical and cultural centrality via-a-vis other neighboring areas. For centuries, whether or not governed by non-Han Chinese foreign dynasties, this Sino-centric authority for the imperial power and civilization remained influential practically in the unfolding of pre-modern East Asian History had the Koryo (918-1392) and Choson (1392-1910) states in endeavor to integrate the fragmented yet semi-autonomous forces/competitors in localities and to establish a solid legitimacy of their own over their territory. In the process, the development of civil governance or cultural policy became one of the most significant projects for them to consummate the above objective of maintaining diplomatic stability and domestic order together. Civilization, geopolitics, and government in the Sino-Korean relations were not easily seperable from one another.
The emergence of the Manchu dynasty, or Qing China, in the mid-seventeenth century had little do capsize the fundamental structure of the existent power relations aforementioned. As in the case of Yuan (1271-1368), the foreign dominance over the middle continent and ownership of the great civilization in the outfit of an Imperial China (Zhongguo) was not the unprecedented event. Yet, noticable is the close relationship of the Choson state with the erstwhile Ming China, both of whom had shared the practical necessity of co-operation in cultural and geopolitical frontlines against the surrounding nomadic/maritime forces. The spread of Confucianism and the implement of Ming Sezerianship was the combined effort of the Choson ruling class to participate in the Sino-centric world system and to strengthen their sociopolitical power. Under the Qing hegemmony that continued into the first half of the nineteenth century in East Asia, they started mounting various ideological propagandas to internalize their subjection to the Manchu dominance and to maintain their power in pursuit of a civilized order in late Choson.
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If you have ever wondered how to do a paint job on a curvy object requiring a completely masked surface, you are in luck. In this article, I'll show you how to custom paint a bowling pin, but you can use these techniques for any other object you find difficult to tape up completely. These pins are cool because they have tons of angles for reflecting your trick paints when mounted and they are a unique addition to your funk culture collection. They are also great starting points for large-scale work-at our shop, these designs often evolve into full blown custom paint jobs.
Before we get started you have to prep your pin for paint. I sand the entire surface with 180-grot paper, fill any low spots with body fill, and block them out. Then I spray two or three coats of primer. I like to use PPG's DTM primers because of their built-in adhesion qualities, but I also apply a plastics adhesion promoter before priming. I let the primer dry over night, and then I give the surface a final sanding with 600-grit wet sandpaper. I find the water really stops the paper from loading and speeds up this process incredibly. Clean up and dry off your pin, then wipe it down with a wax and grease remover (I use PPG's DX 320).Next, just wipe the surface with a tack rag and you are ready to spray your base.
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To begin, I spray the pin with yellow pearl basecoat and allow it to dry for an hour at 70-75 degrees. I apply four medium-heavy coats of spray mask and let it dry for about 4-6 hours, depending on shop temperature. Spray mask, by the way, is a spray able masking fluid that when dried, gives you a completely covered, ready to cut surface. My brand of choice is Spraylat.
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For this design, I draw my design directly on the spray mask with a Sharpie pen. Don't worry- it wont leak through and stain your basecoat. I like to keep the curves and tips of this pattern loose. At this point, I really only focus on the flow of design.
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I complete the drawing stages with lines defining the outer edge of lava flames. Usually, you would paint the predominant color of your project first, and then paint the background color later. Here I am doing the reserve of that because I am always seeking minimal film build, which is the small edge that develops next to the masked edge. This way, there's less to clean up later. In order to get a nice bright yellow, you need to lay down a good white ground coat first. When you do this, you end up with a substantial edge. By spraying the purple over the existing yellow, you get excellent coverage and a much smaller edge.
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To make things simple before I cut out my design. I stroke out the areas that are to remain. This helps clearly define which areas will stay and which will be cut.
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With a really sharp # 11 X-Acto knife. I loosely grip the handle, almost as if pin striping, and cut out my design. In this case, the lines of marker are only suggestions and I often improvise slightly to improve the smoothness of my edges. Be aware of the blade's pressure. Don't be a hulk and dig into the basecoat.
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Gently peel away your mask. Always try to peel towards the tip of your flames.
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Here I use a medium nozzle on my airbrush for the pearl base. I like to keep the mixture of House of Kolor Passion Pearl Purple at about 50% reduction with a fast reducer and 40-50 psi. Instead of a uniform purple covering, I opt for an abstract strokey type of coverage, which is more interesting and also leaves less of an edge.
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Lay down a drop-shadow on your bottom right with a dark purple mixture and remove the remaining mask to reveal your design. If you were careful and didn't fire-hose your purple, you should have little or no bleed through!
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Using my airbrush, I scoop some rose base toner from my PPG mixing bank. This color turns a funky kind of redorange over the existing yellow depending on the number of layers sprayed. Keeping my light source in mind, 1 mold my lava flames until they look stretchy and 3-0.
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Finishing my texturing, I add a green counter-light on the shadow side using transparent green over the existing yellow edge.
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Time to plunk in some eyeballs. In this Case, I am using my Roland vinyl cutter technically know as a "plotter") to make two round templates-one for the eyeball and one for the iris. If you don't have a vinyl cutter, use a circle template and cut out some paper masks. Stick them down with 3M repositionable adhesive spray.
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Spray a couple or nice, even coats of white with a similar consistency. Take care not to soak the template her.
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Using a transparent blue color, I shape the eyeball to give the illusion of sphere. Be sure to stay away from the center where the iris will be.
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After your base is dry enough (maybe 15 minutes), slap on the smaller circle template and model the iris. This step leaves a lot of room for interpretation, but whatever you do, try to keep your light source in mind here.
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Apply the smaHer template a n d spray the iris green tones, including the Carefully remove your tape a n d masking templates, and voila1 You have an eyeball that unnervingly resembles a pickled egg! (Don't worry-that image "" disappear with a Eittle detailing.
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Reduce your white rnixture about another 25% , and slow it down with a medium or slow reducer. Lay in your highlights and the slimy nerve cord. A great way to add dimension is to intertwine the cord with your flame design, just keep your light source in mind as you do this.
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Use the same rose color for the nerve cord and the veins in the eye. Using dagger strokes, leave some white vertical patterns to give the appearance of moisture.
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Darken up your transparent blue with a complement of blue and small amount of black. Create a drop-shadow for the cord and the eye, then enhance the blue shadows on the eye.
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Use the same techniques to make more eyeballs. Finally, take your white mixture and add more wetness and motion to your design. Now you're ready for clearcoat. Unless you are a pro, get a buddy or hire someone for this stage. It's not as easy as it looks, and unless you have all the right safety gear, - it's not good for your health.
I hope this How-To sheds some light into the dark shadows of custom painting. There's really no secret - successful painting is about common sense and patience. Once you figure out what makes your paint products work, you can relax and just create. Remember, that many of today's top techniques started out as mistakes that our predecessors learned from and perfected into new ways of doing things!
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Office Affairs : Dylan Roberts, Marko Lebeau
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It's late and Marko Lebeau is ready to call it a day. He stops by Dylan Roberts' desk and the two co-workers jaw on about the latest model that's garnering attention in the office. Sure the guy's got great abs, but the fired-up friends are eager and horny enough to prove they measure up. Marko and Dylan check out each other's progress as they shed their clothes and grow increasingly impressed and aroused with what they see. Marko's beefy powerful body, with a fine coat of hair running across his muscled chest is the perfect compliment to Dylan's smooth and slender frame. The men can't wait to get more familiar and physical with each other. Dylan begins sucking Marko's thick cock, overwhelming his pal with his oral skills. Then Marko takes over, luxuriating in the wonders of Dylan's entire being. He starts by nursing on his buddy's swollen dick, then works his way behind where he buries his face between the round mounds of his buttcheeks. Ready to amp up the excitement even more, Marko screws Dylan's ass, fucking him hard deep and fast until both men finally cum. A hard day at work, but fully satisfied.
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A Bengals first-round draft pick in 2007, Hall started strongly this season but suffered season-ending Achilles injury in Game 7, Oct. 20 at Detroit … Had two key INTs during stretch drive for '12 playoffs, plus a pick-six in Wild Card game at Houston … His 22 career INTs rank fifth in Bengals history.
2013 HIGHLIGHTS: Started Games 1-3, and 6-7 at RCB … Inactive for Games 4-5, due to hamstring strain suffered Sept. 22 vs. Green Bay … Suffered Achilles tear Oct. 20 at Detroit, and placed Oct. 29 on Reserve/Injured list ... Closed his season with 20 tackles, one INT and seven passes defensed … Passes defensed total still ranks tied for second on team through Game 9 ... On Sept. 8 at Chicago, logged a secondary-high seven tackles and two passes defensed ... Recorded five tackles with a pass defensed Sept. 16 vs. Pittsburgh ... Intercepted an Aaron Rodgers pass at Bengals five-yard line during fourth quarter comeback Sept. 22 vs. Green Bay, and also recorded four tackles and three passes defensed ... Three tackles Oct. 13 at Buffalo, in return from two games missed with hamstring strain ... Had one tackle and a pass defensed Oct. 20 at Detroit, before leaving in first quarter with Achilles injury.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Cincinnati in first round of 2007 NFL Draft (18th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 7-28-07 ... On 9-2-11, signed four-year contract extension (through 2015) with Cincinnati.
ED BLOCK WINNER: The Bengals named Hall as the team recipient of the 2012 Ed Block Courage Award. The award honors one player from each NFL team who shows "commitment to the values of sportsmanship and courage." Hall's 2011 season was cut short when he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in Game 9, but his intense rehabilitation efforts sped his recovery, so he was able to open the '12 training camp on time, well ahead of the initial forecast. "Leon set a great example of what it takes to be able to overcome a challenge, which was recognized by his teammates in being selected to represent the club for this award," said Paul Sparling, Bengals head athletic trainer.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2007—Played in every Bengals game as a rookie, with 10 starts, and led team with five INTs, tying Bengals rookie record set previously by S Tommy Casanova, CB Ray Horton and LB Odell Thurman ... Also tied for NFL's '07 rookie lead in INTs ... Ranked fourth on Bengals in tackles (career-best 85), leading secondary ... Started in NFL debut Sept. 10 vs. Baltimore, subbing for injured RCB Johnathan Joseph, and had five tackles and two passes defensed ... Snagged first NFL INT Sept. 23 at Seattle, against QB Matt Hasselbeck ... On Nov. 11 at Baltimore, intercepted a deflected Steve McNair pass in end zone just before halftime, preserving 6-0 lead in eventual Bengals win.
2008—Posted team-best totals of 26 passes defensed and three INTs ... Led DBs in tackles (84) for the second straight year ... Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for performance Dec. 21 at Cleveland, when he made all three of his INTs, tying Bengals game record and scored on a 50-yard return ... His TD return at Cleveland gave Bengals a 7-0 lead on a cold, blustery day when offensive scores were tough to come by (Bengals went on to win 14-0).
2009—Tied for team lead with career-high six INTs, tied for second in AFC ... Led team in passes defensed (career-high 27) and had 73 tackles, ranked sixth on team ... Tied for team lead in forced fumbles on defense (two) ... Had the most special teams tackles (seven) of any regular starter ... His 11 solo tackles Oct. 18 vs. Houston were most by a Bengal on the year ... On Oct. 4 at Cleveland, forced a Jerome Harrison fumble that teammate Robert Geathers returned 75 yards for a TD ... On Oct. 11 at Baltimore, intercepted a Joe Flacco pass at Bengals 17 with four seconds left to end Baltimore's last comeback bid ... On Oct. 25 vs. Chicago, had two INTs (48 yards in returns) ... Seven tackles and an end-zone pass defensed in key win Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh, when Steelers were held to three-for-15 on third-down conversions ... On Dec. 13 at Minnesota, intercepted a Brett Favre pass ... Logged his sixth INT Dec. 27 vs. Kansas City, with leaping grab at Bengals 19 to kill Chiefs last offensive threat as Bengals clinched division title ... Posted seven tackles in Wild Card playoff 1-9-10 vs. N.Y. Jets.
2010—On Sept. 19 vs. Baltimore, intercepted a Joe Flacco pass in third quarter, with 22-yard return ... Recorded INT in second straight game Sept. 26 at Carolina, picking off Jimmy Clausen at Bengals five to thwart Carolina scoring threat ... Recorded an INT in his third straight game Oct. 3 at Cleveland, intercepting Seneca Wallace in second quarter at Cleveland 37 ... Six tackles, four passes defensed (Bengals game high for the season) and an INT Oct. 24 at Atlanta ... Four tackles Nov. 8 vs. Pittsburgh, and had two forced fumbles, including FF from Hines Ward at Pittsburgh 39 in second quarter, recovered by Bengals and leading to TD drive.
2011—Ended season with 38 tackles and fumble recovery, and despite missing final seven games, still ranked tied for second on team in both INTs (two) and passes defensed (10) ... Missed Games 10-16 due to Achilles tear suffered Dec. 13 vs. Pittsburgh ... Injury brought end to streaks of 74 consecutive games played (including postseason) and 66 starts, which both had been current team bests ... Tied for team lead with three passes defensed Sept. 11 at Cleveland, including batted ball in end zone that helped force Browns to settle for FG ... Returned fumble Sept. 18 at Denver 10 yards to Broncos 41, setting up FG ... Fourth-quarter INT helped seal Bengals win Oct. 16 vs. Indianapolis ... Eight tackles (led secondary, second on team) Oct. 30 at Seattle ... One INT, one tackle and two passes defensed Nov. 13 vs. Pittsburgh before leaving in second quarter with Achilles injury.
2012—Started 14 games at RCB (Games 1-2 and 5-16) ... Inactive for Games 3-4, due to calf strain suffered Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland ... Totaled 43 tackles, with two INTs and 11 passes defensed (tied for second on team) ... Led team in passes defensed (two) Sept. 16 vs. Cleveland, and tied for secondary lead in tackles (eight) ... On Dec. 13 at Philadelphia, had game's key play when he intercepted a Nick Foles pass at Cincinnati 16 in third quarter and returned it 44 yards, setting up Bengals go-ahead TD drive ... On Dec. 23 at Pittsburgh, intercepted a Ben Roethlisberger pass and returned it 17 yards for 7-0 lead in first quarter ... In Wild Card playoff 1-5-13 at Houston, scored on 21-yard INT return of Matt Schaub pass to give Bengals 7-6 lead in second quarter ... Also at Houston, posted 13 tackles ... Started all four preseason games at RCB as he completed comeback from 2011 Achilles injury.COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2003-06) at Michigan, and was a consensus '06 All-American ... Left Wolverines with school record for career passes defensed (43) and ranked tied for fourth in INTs (12) ... Was finalist as a senior for NCAA's Jim Thorpe Award (top defensive back) and Bronko Nagurski Trophy (top defensive player) ... Set UM record with 83-yard fumble return (for TD) as a junior in 2005.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Vista, Calif. ... Played CB, WR and QB at Vista High School, earning All-America honors from SuperPrep and PrepStar, and also lettered in track ... Married (wife Jessica) with a son, Leon. Jr. ... General studies major at Michigan.
For the second time in three offseasons cornerback Leon Hall and rehab trainer Nick Cosgray are aiming for textbook rehab from a torn Achilles.
Batman, says Ray "Rock" Oliver, is scaling the walls Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.
Leon Hall, the Bengals throwback cornerback who doesn't have a Twitter account or dabble on Facebook, talks about himself in the missing person instead of the nauseating third or the relentless first.
The Bengals quarterback talks about the challenges of matching up with the dynamic Lions offense.
The Bengals cornerback says the key for the Bengals defense is to contain Buffalo's solid running game.
Hall talks about the thrilling 34-30 win over the Packers.
Hall says the the Bengals defense will have its hands full Sunday trying to defend the Packers QB.
The Bengals cornerback says it's a long season regardless of the outcome of the first game.


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The new edition has photos of plants, rather than illustrations. Not that the previous color drawings were bad, they were excellent. But kudos to Linda Peters, Sunset's art director, for tracking down photos representative of every single genus—well over a thousand. I like to think there were huge sighs of relief at Sunset's offices when I emailed Linda back saying yes, by golly, I DO have a photo of Beschorneria yuccoides in bloom. It appears on page 195, in all its pink-stemmed and floppy glory.
Amazingly, over 500 new species or cultivars were added. I don't know how they did it, considering this edition weighs about the same as the last. Naturally at first I hoped all were succulents. They're not, of course, but I do know that more succulents are represented than ever before. "How could there not be?" editor Kathy Brenzel asked me. "The plants have never been so popular." Amen, sistah! Continue Reading →


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The Cavalier baseball team hits the road for three crucial ACC games this weekend, as they travel to Clemson to battle the 13th-ranked Tigers.
Last season, Virginia swept Clemson at Davenport Field, outscoring them 19-7 over the course of the series, when the Tigers were ranked second in the country. Clemson, however, went on to claim the ACC Tournament Title.
This time around, the Cavaliers come in ranked sixth, and are second in the Coastal Division with an 11-6 conference record, while Clemson is second in the Atlantic at 10-5.
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MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Early 2011 Logic Board Replacement
Replace a fried logic board on your Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" Unibody.
- Author: Andrew Bookholt
- Difficulty: Difficult
Use this guide to completely replace the logic board.
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- Lower Case 2 steps
- Battery Connection 2 steps
- Fan 3 steps
- Logic Board 12 steps
- Left Speaker 4 steps
- Logic Board 5 steps
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Edit Step 3 — Battery Connection ¶
Use the edge of a spudger to pry the battery connector upwards from its socket on the logic board.
It is useful to pry upward on both short sides of the connector to "walk" it out of its socket. Be careful with the corners of the connectors, they can be easily broken off.
Edit Step 5 — Fan ¶
Use the edge of a spudger to gently pry the fan connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
It is useful to twist the spudger axially from beneath the fan cable wires to release the connector.
The fan socket and the fan connector can be seen in the second and third pictures. Be careful not to break the plastic fan socket off the logic board as you use your spudger to lift the fan connector straight up and out of its socket. The layout of the logic board shown in the second picture may look slightly different than your machine but the fan socket is the same.
Edit Step 15 ¶
Grab the plastic pull tab secured to the display data cable lock and rotate it toward the DC-In side of the computer.
Pull the display data cable straight out of its socket on the logic board.
Do not lift up on the display data cable, as its socket is very fragile. Pull the cable parallel to the face of the logic board.
Edit Step 27 ¶
Remove the three 8.4 mm #1 Phillips screws securing the heat sink to the logic board.
Don't lose the springs held under each of the screws.
Carefully remove the heat sink from the processor.
If the heat sink seems to be stuck, it may be helpful to gently pry it off the processor with a plastic spudger. Be careful not to break any surface mount components on the processor while prying.
Be sure to clean off the old thermal paste and apply a new layer before you reinstall the heat sink. We have a guide that makes it easy.
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No, it does not void the warranty. More specifically: http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/display...
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Also wondering how much weight I'd save by just removing. My drive is broken for ages, but I have not needed it in ages. The HD was already replaced by a cheap SSD (second best thing after upgrading to 8GB), so I'd appreciate losing some weight. I mean, the computer. Although I could lose some too... erm... well, anyway, I guess the lack of the DVD would not interfere with anything, right? Opinions?
I'm thinking you'd probably be OK losing the DVD drive without a problem. Just make sure the optical drive cable is secured or you might hear it rattling in there from time-to-time.
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this website is amazing. I read it to guide me on fixing my mac book pro, but on the video, the girl gives a wrong information.. She says that is not possible replace just the keyboard... But I managed to replace only my keyboard. It is boring because I have to remove approximately 70 screws but it is possible. Thanks a lot! You guys helped me save about US$300 thats because in Brazil some technicians would charge me with that amount!
I posted some pictures on your facebook page..
Tip: Use one of those weekday pill holders to have a cheep way to store screws you remove and each day of the week can be for different sizes or parts. It has been handy to have (much less expensive than the magnetic mat.
2 of the 7 (the two red ones on the right side in the image) seem really hard to remove. Is there something I'm missing, or do I just need to try harder?


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Austin >Food & Dining > Kenobi Sushi
10000 Research Blvd, Ste138-a, Austin, TX | Directions 7875930.401356 -97.752535
Love Monday Madness – I've been to Monday Madness several times and have been consistently impressed. We love that we can go get $2 sake and rolls - and since we're saving money on the staples, we can splurge on a few of the more original items. The veggie tempura portion is small, but some of the best I've ever had. There's always a good crowd on Monday nights; between that and the upscale decor, it makes for a fun night out!
Good Decor, but quite as a church – Me and my wife were the only ones eating dinner on a Friday at 7:30. I think we were the only ones in the whole place. The happy hour prices and food at the bar were good. But it was lonley eating there. Much like most of the Arboretum area, looks like people are moving on to the Domiain. Too bad, place has alot of potential.
His was better. . . – We are frequent sushi eaters!! :-)) The indoor decor of this restaurant was absolutely beautiful!! The atmosphere was wonderful!!
I love spicy foods including sushi. He likes NOT spicy. We ordered the California role and the Millennium roll. Which was supposed to be spicy and wasn't. Nor was it spectacular. He had the Brandy role which was amazing, even if it didn't have that spice kick to it. We had two of those. The sashimi was AMAZING!! Spanish mackerel. Service was decent, waiter knew his way around the menu.
Will definitely be returning! Thanks!!
OK, not great. – I love sushi, and eat it several times a week. While I am not a sushi snob (I can't afford to be), I do want decent meal for the money. I don't feel like we got that here.
This place is beautiful inside, but I think that is the most impressive thing about it. We ordered appetizers (fresh edamame, decent lobster/goat cheese gyoza), sushi, and some rolls. The sushi was pretty good, I would rate it above average. However, the rolls were merely average to below average. For the price, they weren't particularly tasty, and several seemed to be missing some of the advertised components (e.g., sauces, tempura). Our waitress seemed wholly uninterested in us, and although she kept the water glasses filled, she did nothing else to enhance our experience in any way. We should have sat at the bar.
All in all, it certainly wasn't terrible, but we probably won't be back. For $50, we could have had a better quality and more enjoyable dinner at Midori.
not sure – I am a austinite. And was familar with the location and place because it was a steak house prior. Was not very impressed at all. I have worked at a sushi bar in the past. This place was nothing to write about except the rent check that they have to write each month. Our waiter was clueless on anything from our drink order to our flat out order. So from that point i directly just order from our sushi chef. Which was hispanic not japanese. We ordered anything from appitizers to sashimi, to full dinner entrees. The place and setting was nice , but they definatly need to grow. Will not be back nor recommend. Sorry
Arboretum sushi spot makes its case with statement-making modern decor and trendy patrons – In Short
Undeniably hip and modern Asian, the spacious dining room is decorated in earth tones and varying textures like stone mosaic walls, dark natural woods and bamboo inset tables. Happy hour and dinner patrons are dressed to impress, while the lunch set is generally more business casual. Expect the menu to reflect the same attention to trends including starters like chicken lollipops, kobe beef hibachi and sea bass sashimi. Mains include miso chipotle salmon, ribeye maki and braised beef short ribs. Also served are varied by-the-piece sushi and sashimi plus house special rolls.par
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